Willow Creek Dam (Colorado)

Willow Creek Dam (National ID # CO01670) is a dam in Grand County, Colorado.

The dam in 2016.

The earthen dam was constructed between 1951 and 1953 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of 127 feet (39 m), and a length of 1,100 feet (340 m) at its crest.[1] It impounds Willow Creek for irrigation water storage and hydroelectric power, part of the Bureau's larger Colorado-Big Thompson Project. The dam is owned by the Bureau and operated by the local Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.

The reservoir it creates, Willow Creek Reservoir, has a normal water surface of 303 acres (123 ha), and has a maximum capacity of 11,177 acre feet (13,787,000 m3).[2] Recreation includes camping and fishing (for brown trout, rainbow trout, and salmon).[3]

References
  1. http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Willow+Creek+Co+Dam&groupName=Dimensions
  2. http://findlakes.com/willow_creek_colorado~co01670.htm
  3. http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&recAreaId=94&agencyCode=70905

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